diff --git a/changelog.d/17148.doc b/changelog.d/17148.doc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc33887efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/17148.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove broken sphinx docs.
diff --git a/scripts-dev/lint.sh b/scripts-dev/lint.sh
index 1c0e6582f6..9e4ed3246e 100755
--- a/scripts-dev/lint.sh
+++ b/scripts-dev/lint.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ else
           "synapse" "docker" "tests"
           "scripts-dev"
           "contrib" "synmark" "stubs" ".ci"
-          "dev-docs"
       )
   fi
 fi